Improvement in wood and paper boxes



UNITED STATES PATENT (')rincntv DAVID M. SMY'IH, OF NEWT YORK, N. Y.

IMPROVEMENT IN WOOD AND PAPER BOXES.

Specication forming part of Letters Patent No. 50,5011, dated October17, 1865.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, DAVID M. SMYTH, of the city and State of NewYork,have invented, made, and applied to use a certain new and usefulImprovement in the Manufacture of Boxes of Tood, Paper, &c.; and I dohereby declare the following to be at'ull, clear, and exact descriptionof the said invention, reference being had to the annexed drawings,making part ot' this specification, wherein- Figure 1 is a verticalsection of my apparatus for making boxes. Fig. 2 is an end view .of theforming-block with a box upon it. Fig.

3 is a plan ofthe same, and Fig. et represents the box in the process ofbeing made.

Similar marks ofreference denote the same parts.

My invention relates to forming a circular box around a stationary blockby bending a strip of wood or other material around such block by meansof a roller that travels around the block by the action of a treadle,and said roller also holds together the lapping ends while the glue orcement hardens; anda series of these forming devices are set at the endot' arms or the edge of a table mounted 011 a central axis, so that itmay be revolved' and the boxes formed successively, in order that timemay be allowed for the glue between the lapping ends to harden by thetime the box comes around to the workman for one to be removed andanother shaped on the block.

In the drawings, a is a vertical axis, around which is the table or aseries of arms, b, with a hollow vertical leg, o, over the axis a. Atthe edges ofthis table, or at the ends ofthe series of arms forming thesame, are mounted the forming-devices for the boxes. I will describe oneot' them, and their successive use as the table revolves and one formedbox is removed and another shaped and glued will be appa-rent from theforegoing.

d is a projecting stud from-b, upon the end of which is a circularblock, e, of the size required for the box or lid. Ihis block has aguide-flange at its back edge, and carries a toothed swinging clamp, i,on a stud project-p ing from the back of the block and parallel to thestud d. Around this stud d is a pulley, f, with a cord attached andpassing oi' in one direction to the treadle g, and with a second cordattached and passing oft' in the other direction to a weight, It, sothat the block or pulley f will be rotated in one direction by pressureon the treadle g, or revolved lback in the other direction by the weighth when otherwise free. An arm, o, from this block or pulleyfprojectsover the block c, and forms the axis for the roller 7c.

A strip of veneer, cardboard, or other material is introduced under theclamp t', (see red line in Fig. 4,) and also under the roller lc, saidroller having been brought by the weight to the position shown by dottedlilies, Fig. 4. The said roller k is then caused to travel around theblock e, bending the strip of material tothe surface thereof, and thelength of the strip is such that the ends lap, and one of them beingpreviously glued, the roller k is moved until it rolls upon the lap, andthere it remains until the cement is dry or set, (see Fig. 2,) afterwhich the roller is pressed by hand off thc lap, the weight h revolvesit back toits former position, and the operation is repeated.

If desired, a circulaibottoni for the box may be applied at the end ofthe block e and the rim or sides ofthe box rolled around it, asaforesaid, and a covering of paper may have previously been ptit uponthe strip forming the sides ofthe box, and, projecting at the bottompart, be turned down upon the circular bottom ofthe box to hold it inplace and complete the formation of tbe box or lid.

W'hat I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. A stationary block or form, in combination with a roller that travelsaround such block and bends the strip ot' material to form the box orlid and holds the ends together where they lap, as specified.

2. In combination with the block and roller aforesaid, the treadle andweight, acting in the manner specited.

3. The revolving table or arms carrying a series of forming-blocks androllers actuated by treadles, as and for the purposes set forth.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my signature this 3d day ofAugust, 1865.

' DAVID M. SMYTH.o

Witnesses:

UHAs. H. SMITH, JAS. E. SERRELL, Jr.

